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Finance Manager
Finance Manager Shannon Kantorowski About Shannon For Shannon, a lifelong lover of organization, numbers and helping people to feel support and connection in real ways, managing the finances for a community like Brecksville UMC is a dream come true! Her work experience includes finance (including book keeping and payroll), human resources, executive support, customer service,…
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Office Manager
Office Manager Anthy Imes What does experience working as a funeral director, for a cemetery and as a receptionist for an emergency animal hospital teach you about working as a church office manager? A lot! Anthy joined our team in February 2024 and hit the ground running. Need help with your giving statement? Want to…
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Technical Media Director
Technical Media Director Michael Pace Worship takes place beyond the church walls – with all of our services reaching people where they are through streaming technology. Michael is the newest member of our team and will be leading a team of volunteers and staff to produce the light and sound of our worship services to…
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Communication & Connection
Director of Communication & Connection Melanie Smith About Melanie Smith If you see something in print or online from the church, Melanie may have had a hand in putting it together. Contact her to share your news, to subscribe to our newsletters, and to learn how you can plug into various programs. She’s also always…
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Worship Leader
Worship Leader Jamie Schwendeman You’ll see – and hear – Jamie leading our Worship Band on Sunday mornings. He was also instrumental in setting up our church live stream technology, and is an all around wonderful person. Talk to him about your favorite songs and about joining the worship team!
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Organist Accompanist
Organist Accompanist Sean Brown Sean has been playing piano since he was just five years old and began studying the instrument at Cleveland Institute of Music well before graduating high school. When he wanted to learn to play the pipe organ too, Sean came to our church to ask if he could practice here. And…
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Music Ministry
Music Ministry Machala Comenschek-Slike A Cleveland native, Machala is a vocalist, music director, and teacher who received her bachelor’s degree in Music from Cleveland State University. She has performed in many different environments and genres of vocal work, but her focus has been in classical/opera and contemporary sacred music. Machala is a full time music…
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Youth Ministry
Youth Ministry Dana Schwendeman About Dana Schwendeman Dana was a fierce advocate for inclusion and for shining a light on the beauty of the diversity of God’s humanity. A creator of safe spaces, lover of poetry, writer of curriculum and uplifter of all, Dana was an integral part of our church. After singing in the…
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Christian Education
Christian Education Jenny Gee About Jennifer Gee Jennifer Gee holds a B.S. in Biology from Kent State University and an M.S. in Education fromthe University of Akron. Jenny spent many years as a Sunday School teacher before having theopportunity to enter the field of Christian Education full time. She has served as our Director ofEducation…
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Senior Pastor
Senior Pastor Rev. Heidi Welch Our Senior Pastor, Rev. Heidi Welch, began her ministry with Brecksville United Methodist Church in the summer of 2019, just eight months before the world shut down. Since that time, she has led our church through a period of change and growth, reminding us all the while that God is…